CHETAN KRISHNASWAMY writes: Apparently, there is a Mysorean who has played a significant role in the making of Pepsico’s fabled Indian CEO Indra Nooyi: her husband Raj.

A news report in a leading financial daily says that Raj Nooyi graduated in electronics and communications engineering from the University of Mysore. Later, he went on to to do his MS in industrial engineering from the University of Texas and MBA from the University of Chicago.

The man ”originally from Mysore” was President at Amsoft Systems, a global software development company for a few years before he want on to do other things.

The report says that ”Raj has been a pillar of strength for Indra ever since they met in the US and got married…”

When the intrepid reporter called him at the Nooyi residence in Connecticut, where they live with their two daughters- the Mysorean is supposed to have said ”in his typical unassuming style” ”It will not be proper for me to talk to the media. It is not relevant. I suggest you talk to my wife.”

KP Sir one correction-Its not Indira-its INDRA, male god of weather!
Its very clear from the reporter cited Raaj Nooyi studied from UOM. His mother is a staunch devotee of Lord Krishna of Guruvayoor.Both Indra and Raaj are Aiyars-followers of Shankaracharya.

Guys and Gals..Why you are making big issue on the origin of INDRA..Be proud that she is from Indian origin..Those who are arguing about her origin are just wasting time and they are too narrow minded good for nothing junkies of India.

Also note..just because she is Indian…I can’t start drinking DEADLY POISON DRINK PEPSI…start drinking KMF GOOD LIFE milk..it is good for health also.

Now this Anbumani Ramadoss tells that CSE report is Wrong and that testing parameters r unscientific, all that. DO we need this bloddy politicians to tell what is safe and what not, it is up to individuals to take the call – whats needed is quality drink ( Tender Coconut, even butter Milk ) and not the Toilet cleaners viz., Pepsi and Coke….High time we stop fooling ourself.

Leave alone pesticides.These colas have phosphoric acid which is more injurious to bones.This ,I think Anbumani,I mean DR Anbumani must concur-he is Doctor first[owing to his Hippocrates oath] and only then a politician? Alwa?

I have just come across a stat quoted by a coloumnist in TOI some days back – Truly, we are a wondrous land! In a country where two thirds of the children are undernourished, where 70% of the people cannot access safe sanitation and 65 infants die out of a thousand born, we are seriously debating the pesticide levels in a product that is probably the safest in the world from a pesticide perspective.

Sadly, the controversy has created a scare in a nation which has among the lowest pesticide residues in its food chain. Indian diets contain roughly 18% of acceptable daily intake levels of pesticide versus western diets which have 40-50%, according to international experts.

The reason is that our diets are extensively vegetarian; and meat inherently has higher pesticide levels via the grains ingested by animals in the food chain. If we are seriously concerned with pesticides in Indian diets, we ought to begin with tea.

According to European norms (EU), tea contains 187,300 times the pesticide than water used in colas. If hypothetically our colas had exceeded allowable levels by 30 times, I could still drink 6,200 glasses of cola and I would have less pesticide in my body than a cup of tea.

The same goes for other foods. EU norms allow apples to have 154,120 times the pesticide than water; bananas to have 95,220 times; milk 7,140 times. So, soft drinks are among the safest products we consume from the pesticide perspective.

This doesn’t mean that our other foods are not safe. Nor is our food chain polluted — an unfortunate impression created by the media. It means that we do not live in an ideal world free of pests and pesticides.

Dear Ravishankar
Issue is whether pesticides be consumed, be it thro Colas or Tea…a Shit is always a Shit…whether u conume a little or in Tons…

Probably..when u have it with Apple or milk ( i mean pesticide, not shit ;-) ), may be because of the nutritious value of appleor milk things r more better ( adhakke alva helirodhu..An apple a day keeps the Doctor away antha! )

For me, pesticide level in Colas still look more dangerous because of their carbon contents and peroxide levels, along with pesticides.

To have a cola or not, is upto the indivuduals depending on how much u can afford to pay for the doctor later….

INDIRA JI, IT’S SO NICE THAT YOU ARE GOING TO BECOME CEO, PEPSI. LIKE INDIRA JI, YOU HAVE TO PROVE YOURSELF ‘ KHOOB LARHI MARDANI — WOH TO JHANSI WALI RANEE THEE! ‘ I WOULD LIKE TO SUGGEST YOU SOMETHING VALUEABLE, I AM THE INVENTOR OF E-PURSE & DIGITAL-MEDICINE. WITH THE HELP OF A PROCESS, NOW IT IS POSSIBLE TO PRODUCE ” SAFE-PEPSI “. HOW ASTONISHING ! ARE YOU INTERESTED TO SEE/EXAMINE THIS MIRACLE?
RAGHUVANSHI_ENT AT YAHOO.COM

Dear Everyone,
Let us not waste our time in controversial debates. Let us wholeheartedly wish Ms. Indra Nooyi great success in her new job. May Lord Maha Vallabha Ganapathy bless her with success.
G.Padmanabhan
Hindu Temple, New York

Dodda Budhi
Thanks for pointing out this site. I had a really nice time and a good belly laugh going through those patented ideas.

I still feel the likes of K.K. Raghuvanshi are less harmful than CEOs of companies who sell Toxic Juice even if they are from our Cheluva Kannada Nadu.

To K.K. Raghuvanshi,
Thank you sir. – you have made my day. Please keep writing more of such entertaining stuff in your site. I specifically liked your idea of collecting 1000 million rupees to build a statue of Indira Gandhi at Nariman Point.

Not that it really matters, as I also believe that we are all Indians..but Indra Auntie is a kannadiga, as well as her husband. I know this because both are related to me. Specifically, they are Udipi Brahmins/Mangaloreans…not Mysoreans. She is a wonderful person doing a great job, and so is her husband. Both gem of people! Enough with this silly debate.